Category: Midnight Mamas

Hello sweet friends. The overwhelm is so real this week, and I just needed a moment to tell you why that is and give you a few of my strategies for keeping it together. Can I just get an Amen over here about that overwhelm, though? Mom-ing is hard work, and when the overwhelm gets…

As a mama with postpartum depression and anxiety, one thing I learned rather quickly is how to recognize triggers. Triggers are a big part of what sets me on the path to an anxiety attack, and they come in different flavors. I think it’s important that all moms who deal with any mental health problems…

Hello all and welcome back to the awesome A Life With A Little blog! I want to share a little about why habits matter today because, trust me, they really matter! In fact, I decided to share this during Maternal Mental Health Week because habits can really help you when you’re dealing with mental health…

After delivering my son, I spent roughly 80% of my time holding, nursing, sleeping with, or touching him in some form or fashion. I woke up to my baby needing to nurse and spent my day nursing every two hours round the clock. Emmeric wouldn’t nap without being held, so I rested with him in…

Hello mama friends and beautiful readers! I want to spend today concluding my series on mom guilt. It’s the day after Easter, and many of us celebrated the risen Savior yesterday with our church families. Today I share a little of why I think Satan wants to keep us in a cycle of mom guilt.…

You probably can relate to at least one of those types of mom guilt I posted Wednesday. Can you hear me when I say that you can release that guilt and not hold onto it? I know I’m guilty (hah!) of doing this myself. I store up guilt like it’ll run out and then break…

Hello there! Does my title make you curious? I hope so. I come before you today with a little something I’ve been thinking about for a while now. I want to talk about the problems I have with mom guilt and why I think we all need to just calm down and back off. I…

Emmeric cried as I tried to use the bathroom. I sighed and sat there, trying not to get frustrated by my child. He had been constipated for two weeks. I knew he was likely just hurting again. It was 10:00, time for his morning nap. I woke up at 8:15, made coffee, swished some oil…

Hello my lovely readers! I want to share a little about my weekend today. I spent most of my time binge reading a trilogy of books that have been on my To Be Read list for a few weeks. Perhaps that doesn’t interest you, but I think it should because everyone needs to have a…

You might read this and laugh because you know all about being a midnight mama. Or you might have no idea what I’m referring to, and if that’s the case, lucky you, mama! I have been a midnight mama, and I know how hard it is to be in that position, especially with postpartum depression.…